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Meaning of Lithology | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
  2. The general composition of a rock or rock sequence.

Equivalents

العربية علم الصّخور
Español litología
Suomi litologia
Français lithologie
Gaeilge liteolaíocht
Italiano litologia
Türkçe taş bilimi

Examples

“The ‘monomict’ meteorites are samples of a single lithology while the polymict meteorites are those containing two or more lithologies.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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